Li Xi

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Li Xi (born 1956)

Li Xi (Chinese: 李希; pinyin: Lǐ Xī; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary and former Governor of Liaoning province. He previously served as Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai, and before that, Party Secretary of Yan'an, Shaanxi province.

Career

Li Xi was born in October 1956 in Liangdang County, Gansu province. He joined the work force in July 1975 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in January 1982. He graduated from Northwest Normal University. He started his career working as an ordinary functionary in the provincial propaganda department of the Gansu party organization. He worked in multiple positions in Gansu, including Party Secretary of Xigu District of the provincial capital Lanzhou, Deputy Party Secretary of Lanzhou, and Party Chief of Zhangye prefecture.

In 2006, Li became the Party Chief of Yan'an in neighbouring Shaanxi province. Yan'an is of special significance to the Communist Party as it is the site of Mao's revolutionary base after the end of the Long March. In 2011, he was transferred to Shanghai to serve as the Director of the municipality's Organization Department, and later Deputy Party Chief. In 2014, he was transferred again to Liaoning province in Northeast China, and was appointed Acting Governor and Deputy Party Chief of the province, replacing outgoing governor Chen Zhenggao. He was confirmed by the provincial legislature as Governor later that year. In May 2015, he succeeded Wang Min as Communist Party Secretary of Liaoning, becoming first-in-charge of the province.

Li Xi (born 1962)

Li Xi (Chinese: 李喜; pinyin: Lǐ Xǐ; born December 1962) is a former Chinese politician from Yunnan province; he served as the Executive Vice Mayor of Kunming and a member of the provincial capital's Party Standing Committee.

Life

Li was born and raised in Kunming, capital of Yunnan.

He got involved in politics in July 1981 and joined the Communist Party of China in October 1984.

During his early years, he served in several posts in Guandu District, including director of government office, Deputy CPC Party Chief and Town Master of Guanshang Town.

Then he was promoted to become the Deputy CPC Party Chief and Mayor of Anning, he was appointed the CPC Party Chief of Anning in April 2006, he remained in that position until July 2008, when he was transferred to Kunming and appointed the Vice-Mayor, he was re-elected in June 2014.

On October 21, 2014, the state media reported that he was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China for "serious violations of laws and regulations".

Li Xi (Tang dynasty)

Li Xi (李谿) (per the Zizhi Tongjian and the History of the Five Dynasties) or Li Qi (李磎) (per the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang) (d. June 4, 895), courtesy name Jingwang (景望), nicknamed Li Shulou (李書樓), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving briefly as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong. With imperial power dwindling, Li Xi's fellow chancellor Cui Zhaowei, who associated with the warlords Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu, and Han Jian, encouraged Li Maozhen, Wang, and Han to march on the capital Chang'an. Once the three warlords arrived in Chang'an, they put Li Xi and his fellow chancellor Wei Zhaodu to death.

Background and early career

It is not known when Li Xi was born. His family claimed to be descended from the Warring States period State of Zhao general Li Mu and also claimed ancestry through a line of officials of Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty (265-420). His grandfather Li Yong was briefly chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, but resigned soon after being named chancellor. Li Xi's father Li Shi (李拭) served as a chronicler of the emperor's acts and also served in several other important positions, including military governor (Jiedushi) of two different circuits.